Combined shade-roller and curtain-pole holder.



No. 706,728. Patented Aug. l2, I902.

H. 8. DE SOLLAR.

COMBINED SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN POLE HOLDER.

(Application filed Nov 15, 1901.)

( No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT S. DE SOLLAR, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

COMBINED SHADE-ROLLER AND CURTAIN-POLE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpafl; of Letters Patent No. 706,728, dated August 12, 1902.

Application filed November 15, 1901. Serial No. 82,420. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HERBERT S. DE SOLLAR, of Denver, county of Arapahoe, and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Shade -Roller and Curtain-Pole Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined shaderoller and curtain-pole holder; and it consists in a device of this character of improved and simple construction having in View the adjustability of the parts to meet the varying conditions as regards the length of the shaderoller, the reversibility of the same, its position with regard to the curtain and windowframe, 850.

The invention consists also in the details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of my improved holders as they appear when in use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation through one of the devices. Fig. 3 is an end view of the roller-support in modified form.

Referring to the drawings, the devices are used in pairs to give support to the opposite ends of the shade-roller and curtain-pole, and as these devices are substantially identical in form and construction a detailed description of one will suffice.

The combined holder embodies as its main features a curtain-pole holder 1 and a shaderoller support 2. The pole-holder is in the form of a stem 3, preferably square in crosssection, and is provided at its front end with a downwardly-curved portion or socket 4 to receive the curtain-pole,which latter is adapted to be confined therein by means of a clamping-screw 5. At its opposite end the stem is adapted to be secured to the window-frame or wall, as the case may be, which may be accomplished in any suitable manner, preferably by screwing it in place, the end of the stem being suitably threaded for the purpose. Mounted removably upon the stem is a block or frame 6, which is held in the desired position on the stem by means of a clampingsorew 7, threaded into the top of the block and engaging the stem. Below the stem this block is provided with an aperture 8, extending transversely therethrough, in which is removably fitted the roller-support 2 in the form of a rod confinedin the desired position within the aperture by a clamping-screw 10 extending upward through the bottom of the block and engaging the rod. The inner ends of these two rods or supports for the shaderoller are formed, respectively, to give. support to the roller, one being providedwith a socket 11 to receive the journal on one end of the shade-roller, while the other support is provided with a vertical open slot 12 to receive the fiat pin on the opposite end of the roller, which in the form of roller now commonly employed is connected with the Winding-spring.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the roller-supports are adjustable endwise to and from each other in the direction of the axis of the roller and are also adjustable bodily along the stem. These adjustments adapt the device to accommodate rollers of different lengths, and they enable the roller to be set different distances from thecurtain-pole orawindow-frame. Further, the roller-supports by being removable entirely from the blockin which they are mounted may be transposed in position, so as to permit the shade and its roller to be reversed in the event of its being desirable to do so. By reason of the fact that the blocks 6 are removable from the stems they may be reversed in position, so as to bring the rollersupports atahigherleveland above the stems.

The device is of extreme simplicityand effectiveness and may be readily fastened in place and the roller set between its supports by separating the latter, so as to receive the ends of the roller.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details shown and described,as Various changes maybe made, such as would suggest themselves to the skilled mechanic, without departing from the limits of the invention.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the slot 12 in the roller-bracket closed instead of open, as in Fig. 1. In this case the flat pin on the winding-spring of the roller is inserted in place by separating the brackets endwise, and when the brackets are fastened in position to give support to the roller there will be no liability of the roller jarring or jumping out of place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In combination with a stem adapted to be fastened in place so as to extend horizontally outward from the wall, means for fastening a curtain-pole to its outer end, a frame mounted on the stem and adjustable along the same, and a roller-support mounted in the frame and adjustable in the direction of the axis of the roller.

2. In combination with a pole-holder provided with a stem adapted to be fastened in place so as to extend horizontally from the Wall, a block mounted slidingly on said stem, a clamping device carried by the block and arranged to engage the stem, a roller-support mounted in the block and slidable endwise in the direction of the axis of the roller, and a clamping device carried by the block and arranged to engage the support.

3. In combination with a stem adapted to be fastened in place so as to extend horizontally from the wall and formed to support a curtain-pole, a frame mounted on said stem and reversible thereon side for side, and a shade-roller support carried by the frame and reversible thereon end for end.

4. In combination with a stem adapted to be secured in place so as to extend horizontally outward from the Wall, said stem being formed on its outer end to support a curtainpole, a block recessed longitudinally to receive the stem and formed with a transverse opening, means for clamping the block to the stem, a shade-roller support mounted in the said transverse opening in the block, and means for clamping said support to the block.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 31st day of October, 1901, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

HERBERT S. DE SOLLAR.

Witnesses:

JULIAN OLDS, WILLIAM MORE. 

